What is your view on Rap culture?

[QUOTE="-Shooter-"]

[QUOTE="iHeartCali"]:lol: A lot of ignorant folks in this thread, that's for sure.iHeartCali

Get used to it :(

I believe many people are misrepresenting what Hip-Hop culture is. I've read a few posts stating that they don't like how people walk in the mall with their pants down, or how they dislike the violent message in the lyrics, or how they hate the main topics under discussion. I am a big fan of Hip-Hop, and I'd like to take this opportunity to clarrify that most of what you see and hear on the television and radio is bull****. Hip-Hop isn't gun-violence, or gangs, or fancy jewelry and cars... Hip-Hop culture is bass riffs with a heavy kick, and free-****lyrics on instrumentals. Hip-Hop is graffiti. It's people on a street corner who've never met cyphering in rap battles that ends in a hand shake or pound. What you see now, is people capitalizing on ignorance. Hip-Hop culture and the business of Hip-Hop are two very different things. Who is involved in the business of Hip-Hop? G-Unit, Sean Puffy Combs, Jay-Z, Nelly, Chingy. Who are people who represent Hip-Hop culture? Artists like Mos Def, Talib Qwali, The Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, MF DOOM, Bronze Nazareth, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, The Roots. These are people who may be involved in the business aspect because artist need to get paid for their music too, but because there is a love for the music and the fans, rather than the flashy and theatrical.Kekei-Genkai

Ah, yes, graffiti. The human equivalent of dogs pissing on fire hydrants.

I like rap. But not the songs about money and hoesi-like-pie

Same here. Like Rap but not if it is about money and hoes.

I like some of the songs and bands.....like ICP & Twisted 8)

But,todays rap style is somehow a little disguisting....

[QUOTE="Kekei-Genkai"]I believe many people are misrepresenting what Hip-Hop culture is. I've read a few posts stating that they don't like how people walk in the mall with their pants down, or how they dislike the violent message in the lyrics, or how they hate the main topics under discussion. I am a big fan of Hip-Hop, and I'd like to take this opportunity to clarrify that most of what you see and hear on the television and radio is bull****. Hip-Hop isn't gun-violence, or gangs, or fancy jewelry and cars... Hip-Hop culture is bass riffs with a heavy kick, and free-****lyrics on instrumentals. Hip-Hop is graffiti. It's people on a street corner who've never met cyphering in rap battles that ends in a hand shake or pound. What you see now, is people capitalizing on ignorance. Hip-Hop culture and the business of Hip-Hop are two very different things. Who is involved in the business of Hip-Hop? G-Unit, Sean Puffy Combs, Jay-Z, Nelly, Chingy. Who are people who represent Hip-Hop culture? Artists like Mos Def, Talib Qwali, The Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, MF DOOM, Bronze Nazareth, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, The Roots. These are people who may be involved in the business aspect because artist need to get paid for their music too, but because there is a love for the music and the fans, rather than the flashy and theatrical.SpaceMoose

Ah, yes, graffiti. The human equivalent of dogs pissing on fire hydrants.

How is Graffiti equilavant to dogs p!$$ing on fire hydrant?

as for Hip-Hop, I don't like snap music/ southern rap, the new stuff. It's the old-school rap thats the best.

How is Graffiti equilavant to dogs p!$$ing on fire hydrant?

mtlmlisha5

Why do dogs do that? Hint: not just because they have to go to the bathroom.